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I tried out the walkie-talkie feature once. It was with one of my wife’s friends.

Holly was the only other person in our entire circle who was geeky enough to want to try it out, and she likewise had not found anyone in her circle of friends to try it out with.

We tried it. It was okay. I don’t think either of us ever tried it again. I know I haven’t.

Therese just no draw there if you don’t have a large enough group of friends who are using it.

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That said, I do use my Apple Watch to answer FaceTime calls from my wife, multiple times a day. It’s much less hassle than pulling out the iPhone. Sometimes she gets a bit annoyed at this, because she had something she specifically wanted to show me on video, so I have to call her back with video.

And sometimes I use my Apple Watch to answer telephone calls, too. But I look at the number first. Some are worth taking a bit more time to get out the phone.

But that’s about as far as I go with using audio features on my watch.

Apple once again killing a cool idea by not making it open.

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